Searching Using TextStream

Product Advertising API: 2009-11-01

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Searching Using TextStream

There are times when a block of text can uniquely identify an item. Perhaps it is a line of text from a product description or a title.

To find an item using a block of text

  • Use the TextStream parameter in an ItemSearch request, as shown.

    TextStream=It%20was%20the%20best%20of%20times%20and%20the%20worst%20of%20times

The search engine picks out of the text block up to ten keywords and uses those as search criteria. A TextStream request returns up to ten items that match those keywords. Only one page of results can be returned.

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